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New York Times, Tuesday, November 14, 1950

25-Across : Huckster, à la Wakeman.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { F J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 513
Across
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Abhorred. : LOATHED
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German prison camp. : STALAG
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Moluccan isle swept by tidal wave. : AMBOINA
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Endurance. : STAMINA
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Signaler during loading and unloading of a ship. : RAILMAN
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Residents of Peter Cooper Village. : TENANTS
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Joint. : KNEE
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Churchill's perennial companion. : CIGAR
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Abscond: Colloq. : SKIP
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Most news stories carry them. : DATELINES
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Huckster, à la Wakeman. : ADMAN
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Stripling. : LAD
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Spanish city where sherry was born. : XERES
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Mr. Wood and Ulysses Simpson. : GRANTS
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An Irving Berlin. : MELODIST
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A child improver? : ROD
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Member of a union. : LABORER
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Mindanao tribesman. : ATA
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Sky bus. : AIRLINER
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The man behind the paper. : EDITOR
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Meat cut at uncut price. : STEAK
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Dress up. : TOG
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Unsuitable. : INAPT
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Of the third largest planet. : NEPTUNIAN
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Irish fuel. : PEAT
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Up. : RISEN
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Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Mexican president, assassinated in 1928. : OBREGON
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In a senseless manner. : INANELY
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Ogling. : LEERING
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Frank ___, Aussie Davis Cup player. : SEDGMAN
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___ Free State, South Africa. : ORANGE
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He has been in correspondence with Stalin. : STASSEN
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Gay escapade. : LARK
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State in S. E. Arabia. : OMAN
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Harry Hershfield cartoon. : ABIE
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Townsman in Ohio, and in Spain. : TOLEDAN
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Pronoun. : HIM
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Portray. : ENACT
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___ Tobin, teamsters union president. : DANIEL
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Severe. : STERN
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Treat raw hide. : TAN
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Collected. : AMASSED
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Chain unit. : LINK
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Oppositionist. : ANTI
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Labored breath. : GASP
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More sedate. : STAIDER
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Exuding romance. : GLAMOROUS
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Patiently industrious. : ANTLIKE
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Introductions; prefaces. : EXORDIA
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Carpets made in India. : AGRAS
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Right: Legal or Fr. : DROIT
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Sierra ___. : MADRE
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Lariat. : RIATA
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Prohibit. : ESTOP
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Sudden move. : START
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___ Salvador. : SAN
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General at Appomattox. : LEE
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Bookie business. : BETTING
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Carrying light. : LANTERN
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Baseball rounds. : INNINGS
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Laminated rock. : GNEISS
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Lying face down. : PRONE
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Enmesh. : INNET
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Game played in chukkers. : POLO
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Namesake ancestor of the Hebrews. : EBER
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Stretch of land. : AREA
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Sieve: Dial. : TEMS
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Wings. : ALAE
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Miss Fontanne. : LYNN
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One-horse shay. : GIG
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Miss Rehan of Daly's Theatre. : ADA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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